They are about 10 feet long, with a 15-foot wingspawn, and weigh around 500 pounds. These creatures will sting a victim to paralyze it, before laying an egg inside which hatches over the course of a week. They are almost always found alone, though goblins sometimes tame spider eaters as mounts, in which case they can be found in groups with their goblin riders. Spider eaters are vicious creatures who lurk underground, and in deep forests where giant spiders (their favorite prey) tend to lurk. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also paralyzed while poisoned in this way. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 hour. Hit: 8 (1d8+4) piercing damage plus 9 (2d8) poison damage. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. The spider eater makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its sting.īite. The spider eater ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing. The spider eater has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. A removed egg is destroyed unless the check succeeds by 5 or more. Each attempt takes 1 hour, and deals 1 piercing damage to the host.

Anyone can attempt to remove the egg with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check. After 1 week, the egg hatches into a spider eater, killing the host. The spider eater can spend 1 minute to implant an egg within a paralyzed creature within 5 feet of it.

Dnd 5e spider monsters